Despair
[ dɪ'spɛr ]
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n. 绝望;使人绝望的人（或事物）;
vi. 绝望;
💡 词根助记
de去掉+spair=sper希望 → 绝望
📝 例句
All year she has fluctuated between optimism and despair.
全年当中她时而乐观,时而消沉。
I could feel his despair.
我可以感受到他绝望的情绪。
He despairs of winning a scholarship.
他已不抱赢得奖学金的希望了。
Charles was in despair.
查尔斯在绝望中。
He switched off the lamp and gave himself up completely to despair.
他拧灭了灯，完全陷入了绝望。
🌱 联想助记
【串】impair(损害)到了无法repair(修理)的程度,她很despair(绝望)
【记】※ pair-一双,despair-绝望:无法凑成一双水晶鞋的王子简直要绝望了
※ de-拼音“得”,s-拼音“势”,pair-夫妇:一时得势的夫妇,如今不再有绝望
※ de-拼音“德”,sp-拼音“索赔”,air-空气:向德国人索赔空气,让他们绝望而死
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-sper-表示“希望”
常见变体有-spair-
📖 牛津释义
despair
n
1 [U] state of having lost all hope 失去一切希望; 绝望
Your stupidity will drive me to (ie make me feel) despair. 你愚蠢得使我寒心.
He gave up the struggle in despair. 他绝望地放弃了斗争.
She was overcome by despair. 她已完全绝望.
his despair of ever seeing his family again 他再也见不到他家里人的绝望心情.
2 (idm 习语) be the despair of sb make sb give up hope 使某人放弃希望
Your son is the despair of all his teachers, ie They no longer expect to be able to teach him anything. 你的儿子在所有教师的心目中已毫无希望了. despair, v [I, Ipr]
~ (of sb/sth) (fml 文) have lost all hope (esp that sb/sth will improve) 失去全部希望; 绝望
We've despair of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months. 我们对他已经绝望了, 他做什麽工作都不能超过半年.
🎯 考研助记
des(弟死)+pair(双):别人成双成对，弟弟死了-让人 绝望 离开(dis)呼吸(spair)即 绝望 网友：yqy补充： de去掉, spair = sper希望
🔁 扩展释义
*[di'spєә]n. 绝望, 失望vi. 绝望
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Pete wrote us and told us.
Pete写信告诉我们的。
Give it up.
你死了这条心吧！
This is how they keep their way of life alive.
他们就是这样使自己的生活方式得以保持和延续。